Victoria

2017 Year 12 Results Now Available

The 2017 VCE 40+ High Achiever awards and School VCE Statistics (partial) have been released
and are now available on the Top Scores site.

Top spots in the student results this year go to Yujia Xiong,
from Methodist Ladies College, who was the only student to achieve
six 40+ study scores this year,
and to Calida Evans, Ruyton Girls School, who achieved the highest set of
40+ study scores (by score value).

In the school results, there was effectively no significant difference
in the outcomes of the top 20 schools, all of which achieved
median VCE scores of 36 or more.
Take a look through the
Top Schools, Ranked by Median VCE Score
report, or the
School VCE Statistics
report, which can be used to slice and sort the schools according to a range of
different measures.

Congratulations to all of this year's high achievers.

Year 12 in Victoria

Victorian Year 11 and 12 students can pursue studies that lead to
a Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE),
a Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL),
or to an industry apprenticeship.

Of these, the VCE is the qualification most commonly undertaken by students aiming for tertiary studies.

The VCE is an internationally recognised qualification.
A VCE course can be constructed from pure VCE subjects, or VET programs (Vocational Education and Training), or both.
Approx 100 accredited VCE subjects and 30 VET programs are available to students.
Students must satisfactorily complete 16 units of study to be awarded the VCE,
including at least three units from the English group of subjects.

The VCAL is a state-level qualification that recognises learning programs such as workplace placements,
community projects and youth development programs.

About VCE Results

VCE results are based upon students' study scores in each unit.
A study score measures student performance in a study at Unit 3 and 4 level, compared to everyone
else in Victoria who undertook that study.

The maximum VCE study score is 50.
The mean (average) study score is set at 30.
Students who achieve a study score of 40 or above fall into the top 9% of students in that subject
and are listed on the TopScores web site.
A study score of 45 or above places a student in the top 2% band.

VCE study scores are sometimes referred to as "raw scores", meaning that they have not
had any ATAR scaling and ranking conversions applied
for the purposes of tertiary admission calculations.